Posted by Questionmark on April 28, 2008, at 0:55:43
In reply to Re: End of Forum?, posted by SLS on March 22, 2008, at 7:13:30
Man! So many brilliant points-- in every post in this thread (including the original post, and including one quite humorous one). I want to comment on every single one. I hate that.
This whole situation totally reminds me of my sometimes deep frustration with trying to organize and categorize certain things, such as my internet bookmarks in particular. What the hell do i do if i have a webpage that would fit perfectly well in multiple different bookmark folders? It freaking drives me crazy. And just trying to figure out the best solution for the situation at hand presents very similar problems. One of the main difficulties (as already basically mentioned) is when posts/threads cover enough subject matter to be perfectly appropriate for multiple different forums. That's so frustrating! (Not b/c of the poster but b/c of the general difficulty, needless to say). So yeah i don't know how to handle that. And the more forums there are, the more complicated it becomes.
Anyway, on the one hand, i agree with Bob and 'd0pamine' (& others i'm sure) about, well everything Bob discussed. (I was even thinking just now tonight, when coming upon the Neurotransmitters forum here for the first time, how i did not understand why this forum was created and how it seemed mostly pointless.) On the other hand, a number of the others made good points about the usefulness of having a board like this, at least if it is used for/in a certain specific manner. I do really like the idea of being able to discuss neurotransmitter action and receptor subtypes and the like. But it still does seem like a lot of things would overlap with the Medications and other forums. I also really find SLS's idea (a Neuroscience forum) to be a good idea, and it seems like this would be far preferable to, and could incorporate, a Neurotransmitters forum. But it's possible that that would deviate too far from the scope of which Dr. Bob wishes to keep this site focused, for one reason or another.
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